Luisia Gaudichaud
in Freycinet, Voy. Bot. (1826), 426, t.37.

Introduction: Some forty species are distributed from tropical Asia to the Pacific Islands.

Derivation of genus name: Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré created this genus in honour of Don Luis de Torres, a Portuguese botanist of the 19th century.

Type species: Luisia teretefolia Gaud.

Characteristics of genus: Epiphytic, often climbing, monopodial plants with occasionally branched, leafy stems. The leaves are distichous, stiff, terete; inflorescence is lateral, sessile with one small flower opening at a time, lasting several days.

Species line drawing: Luisia teretefolia
drawn by Neville H.S. Howcroft

Habitat: Species can be found in the lowland forests where there is plenty of light.

Conservation status: not threatened